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China to raise retirement age to ease pension strain
China is set to raise its statutory retirement age, aiming to alleviate the mounting pressure on its pension system as the population ages and declines.
The current retirement age, unchanged since the 1950s, is among the lowest…
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Pakistani citizen charged with planning deadly attack on NY Jewish community
WASHINGTON:
A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with planning a terrorist attack in New York City in support of Daesh, according to the US Department of…
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British man jailed for 9 years for arson at asylum seekers’ hotel during anti-Muslim riots
LONDON:
A British man was jailed for nine years on Friday for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers last month, by far the longest sentence imposed over a wave of anti-Muslim riots.
Thomas Birley, 27, pleaded guilty to arson with…
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India’s Vistara Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Turkey after bomb threat
ISTANBUL:
A flight operated by Indian Vistara Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday in Erzurum in eastern Turkey after a piece of paper with "bomb on board" written on it was found in a lavatory, Turkish Interior Minister Ali…
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Global condemnation grows as Turkish-American volunteer shot dead by Israeli forces
ISTANBUL:
The death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has sparked widespread outrage and grief, with many organisations, activists, and officials calling for accountability and a stronger international response to Israel’s actions in the occupied…
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Norway confirms Bluetongue disease outbreak in sheep, says WOAH
Norway has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease on a sheep farm in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.
Bluetongue can be deadly for domestic ruminants such as sheep,…
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RT accused of building networks to sway US voters in favour of Trump, says US intelligence official
Russian state media outlet RT has built networks of Americans and others to sway US voters into backing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over his Democratic foe, Kamala Harris, a senior US intelligence official said on…
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ICC ends proceedings against former Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday it had terminated proceedings against late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh following his death in July. The ICC is currently weighing a request for arrest warrants against Israeli and…
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France to utilise share from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine aid
France will use a share of 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in revenues from frozen Russian assets to finance purchase of military equipment for Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Friday.
“Alongside other (EU) member states, the…
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Donald Trump’s sentencing delayed until after US election
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Friday delayed sentencing until after November’s US presidential election.
The Republican White House candidate had been scheduled to be sentenced on September 18…
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